Engineering Management

Trimble; Chennai; In loco; INR 3.500.000 - 7.500.000; Tempo pieno

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Trimble is seeking a Manager of Cloud Operations (COPS) in Chennai to lead the global cloud estate behind Trimble Viewpoint. You will drive an AI-first operations roadmap, scale a 24/7 service for thousands of customers, and mentor a growing Chennai team.

You’ll shape security, cost governance, and incident response while collaborating with North America on standard processes and metrics. This leadership role demands strong cloud and ITIL expertise.

Competenze

• 10+ years IT and cloud infrastructure experience in leadership roles.
• In-depth ITIL disciplines: Incident, Problem, Change, Configuration, Release.
• Experience managing high-priority operational escalations and rapid containment.
• Experience onboarding customers and transitioning to cloud operations support.
• Proven ability to drive cross-regional alignment and standardized metrics.

Mansioni

• Develop and execute the AI-enabled cloud operations roadmap with HITL checkpoints.
• Oversee 24/7 cloud operations for 22,000+ servers and 6,000+ customers.
• Improve SLA/MTTR using AI-assisted RCA, predictive alerts, and automated remediation.
• Lead AI-SecOps practices ensuring ISO 27001, SOC 2, NIST, and ITIL compliance.
• Guide FinOps and capacity planning with AI-driven cost analytics.

Conoscenze

Leadership

ITIL

Crisis management

Onboarding experience

Global coordination

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Lead Global Cloud Innovation as Manager of Cloud Operations (COPS)

Are you an experienced engineering leader passionate about scaling mission-critical cloud infrastructure and pioneering AI and agentic automation? Trimble is seeking an exceptional Manager of Cloud Operations (COPS) to lead our Chennai Cloud Operations team. In this pivotal leadership role, you will oversee the daily management of Trimble Viewpoint's Global Cloud Services—supporting 22,000+ servers and 6,000+ customers in North America—while driving our strategic operational roadmap toward an AI-first future.

About Us:

Dedicated to the world’s tomorrow, Trimble is a technology company delivering solutions that enable our customers to work in new ways to measure, build, grow and move goods for a better quality of life. Core technologies in positioning, modeling, connectivity and data analytics connect the digital and physical worlds to improve productivity, quality, safety, transparency and sustainability. From purpose-built products and enterprise lifecycle solutions to industry cloud services, Trimble is transforming critical industries such as construction, geospatial, agriculture and transportation to power an interconnected world of work.

About Trimble Viewpoint:

Trimble Viewpoint provides market-leading construction management software solutions that connect the office, team, and field. Our cloud services deliver enterprise-grade performance, high reliability, and integrated data visibility to thousands of construction organizations worldwide.

What Makes This Role Great:

In this high-impact position, you will direct the global heartbeat of Trimble Viewpoint’s cloud estate. Operating from our Chennai office in an IST-driven collaborative model with our North American teams, you will champion agentic AI workflows, autonomous patch and incident pipelines, and FinOps cost-governance disciplines. You will have full executive support to cultivate an exceptional engineering culture, mentor top cloud talent, define technical standards with Information Security and Product Leadership, and lead the operational transition toward intelligent, self-healing cloud ecosystems.

Key Exciting Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership & AI Vision: Develop and implement the technical roadmap for AI-enabled cloud operations, championing agentic automation with human-in-the-loop (HITL) checkpoints across deployments, server lifecycle management, and daily workflows.
• Global Estate & 24/7 Service Oversight: Oversee 24/7 cloud operations across 22,000+ servers and 6,000+ enterprise customers, managing disaster recovery, capacity modeling, event management, incident resolution, and change governance.
• SLA & MTTR Optimization: Own customer-facing uptime and system reliability metrics, deploying AI-assisted root-cause analysis (RCA), predictive alerting, and automated remediation to systematically drive down Mean Time to Resolution (MTTR).
• AI-SecOps & Audit Readiness: Champion AI-SecOps practices to integrate machine learning into threat detection, vulnerability remediation, and security incident response, ensuring full compliance with ISO 27001, SOC 2, NIST, and ITIL standards.
• FinOps & Capacity Planning: Direct cloud financial operations (FinOps) through AI-driven cost analytics to forecast capacity, optimize global cloud spend, and enforce team-wide budget accountability.
• Team Leadership & Global Governance: Directly manage and mentor the Chennai Cloud Operations team, cultivating high AI fluency, structured career paths, and seamless cross-regional governance with North American counterparts.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Professional Leadership: 10+ years of overall IT and cloud infrastructure experience, with a proven track record in a direct people management and engineering leadership role.
• Service Management Frameworks: In-depth working knowledge and operational execution of ITIL disciplines (Incident, Problem, Change, Configuration, and Release Management).
• Escalation & Crisis Management: Proven ability to manage complex, high-priority operational escalations, maintain composed customer communications, and drive rapid incident containment.
• Customer Onboarding & Process Transition: Demonstrated experience facilitating customer onboarding and smooth enterprise transitions into cloud operations support.
• Global Cross-Functional Alignment: Track record of driving standard processes, operational rigor, and unified metrics across distributed, multi-region teams.

Bonus Points For:

• Cloud & AI Certifications: Professional certifications in Microsoft Azure and/or recognized AI/ML platforms.
• Agentic Automation & Scripting: Practical exposure to building or supervising automated agentic workflows, autonomous remediation runbooks, or modern telemetry stacks.
• Compliance Expertise: Direct experience managing audits and operational security controls under SOC 2 Type II or ISO 27001 frameworks.

Logistics

• Location: Chennai, India
• Department: Global Cloud Services / Cloud Operations (COPS)
• Level: M3
• Job Type: Full-Time

Why You’ll Love Working With Us At Trimble

At Trimble, we’re not just a company that “does good”—we are a team dedicated to making a tangible, positive Real-World Impact. We build innovative solutions designed to solve the world’s most critical challenges. From construction sites to transportation hubs, our work tangibly improves how people live, build, move, and grow.

You’ll work on projects that truly matter: Our purpose-driven culture means you’ll be helping to build and deliver solutions that make work faster, safer, and more sustainable for millions of people worldwide.

Collaborate with like-minded people: Our strong internal culture is a “hidden gem.” You will work with a collaborative, supportive team that shares your purpose and fosters a genuine sense of belonging.

Be an owner: Trimble thrives on individuals who take initiative and embrace ownership. You’ll find an entrepreneurial spirit where success is often “self-authored,” empowering proactive “doers.”

Enjoy true flexibility: We offer flexible work arrangements, which are a significant driver for employees joining and staying with us.

Join a Values-Driven Team: Belong, Grow, Innovate.

Belong, Grow, Innovate are more than words—they are the foundation of our culture. We foster an environment where you are seen, heard, and valued (Belong); where you have an opportunity to build a career and drive our collective growth (Grow); and where your innovative ideas shape the future (Innovate). We believe in empowering local teams to create impactful strategies, ensuring our global vision resonates with every individual. Become part of a team where your contributions truly matter.

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At Trimble, we are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace where everyone can thrive.

Guided by our core values—Belong, Innovate, and Grow—we embrace and celebrate differences, knowing they make us stronger and more innovative. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, welcoming individuals of all backgrounds and advancing opportunities while embracing race, color, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, disability, veteran status, or any other protected and diverse characteristic.

We are committed to offering our candidates and employees with disabilities or sincerely held religious beliefs the ability to seek reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable law and/or where it would not constitute undue hardship for Trimble.

For more, please see Trimble's Code of Business Conduct and Ethics at https://investor.trimble.com, under “Corporate Governance.” Our mission to transform the way the world works starts with transforming how we work together. By actively listening, asking questions, and taking intentional actions, we cultivate a culture that provides equitable opportunities for everyone to contribute and grow.

Candidate Privacy Notices by Country

If you need assistance or would like to request an accommodation in connection with the application process, please contact [e-mail].